Tunisia Archives

Tunisian demonstrators chant slogans and wave their country's national flag in support of President Kais Saied on May 8

World

Tunisia to vote on constitution seen as threat to democracy

Tunisians will vote Monday on a constitution that would give President Kais Saied almost unchecked powers, a key moment in his plan to overhaul...

AFPJuly 21, 2022

Narrow street in the old medina of the Tunisian capital Tunis

World

Festivals, guesthouses breathe life back into old Tunis

Children’s cries echo through the alleyways as they hunt for hidden treasure — part of growing efforts to bring life back to the Old...

AFPJuly 9, 2022

Tunisians in the capital Tunis protest on June 19, 2022 against President Kais Saied and the constitutional referendum to be held on July 25

World

Dominant Tunisia party urges boycott of constitution vote

Tunisia’s Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party urged its supporters on Thursday to boycott a July 25 referendum on President Kais Saied’s new constitution, saying it would...

AFPJuly 7, 2022

Habib Hlila quickly became a star of Tunisian street food, gaining a social media following with his banter and theatrics

World

Tunisian street vendor serves success despite bureaucracy

Tunisian street vendors often complain of official harassment, but one sandwich maker-turned-social-media-star hopes his struggles against bureaucracy will motivate young entrepreneurs. Habib Hlila, 27, first...

AFPJuly 6, 2022

A farmer drives a harvester through a wheat field in the Cebalet Ben Ammar region, north of the capital Tunis

Business

Tunisia struggles to grow more wheat as Ukraine war bites

Tunisian farmer Mondher Mathali surveys a sea of swaying golden wheat and revs his combine harvester, a rumbling beast from 1976 which he fears...

AFPJuly 4, 2022

Former Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Jebali is pictured after submitting his candidacy for presidential elections in 2019

World

Tunisia ex-PM Jebali arrested: lawyer

Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, an ex-senior figure in the Ennahdha party which is the nemesis of current President...

AFPJune 23, 2022

The head of Tunisia's UGTT trade union confederation addresses supporters on June 16, the first day of a nationwide strike opposing the government's proposals for IMF-backed reforms

World

Tunisia trade unions chief rejects IMF reforms

The head of Tunisia’s powerful UGTT trade union on Thursday rejected International Monetary Fund conditions for a new loan to bail out the country’s...

AFPJune 23, 2022